1997 Super Touring Car Cup
The 1997 Super Touring Car Cup was the fourth season of this racing series.
Season overview
In the 1997 season, Peugeot driver Laurent Aïello and BMW driver Joachim Winkelhock fought for the title. Aiello took the lead in the championship early on and defended it over the season. He achieved 11 wins and 17 podiums in 20 races. Winkelhock became Aiello's main opponent after getting off to an equally good start to the season as his team-mate Johnny Cecotto . Although he brought in four wins in the middle of the season, he could not catch up with Aiello. Despite a strong line-up of drivers ( Emanuele Pirro , Yvan Muller , Philipp Peter and Tamara Vidali ), the defending champion Audi struggled. Pirro won only one race, the four drivers achieved a total of just three podium positions.
With the end of the German Touring Car Championship (DTM for short) and the International Touring Car Championship (ITC for short), the Alfa Romeo and Opel teams there as well as two Mercedes drivers (van Ommen and Thiim) were in the STW changed, which resulted in a significantly larger starting field of sometimes well over 30 vehicles.
Teams and drivers
No. | driver | team | vehicle | comment |
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1 |
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AZK / ROC | Audi A4 Quattro | |
2 |
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AZK / ROC | Audi A4 Quattro | |
3 |
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AZK / ROC | Audi A4 Quattro | |
4th |
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AZK / ROC | Audi A4 Quattro | |
5 |
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BMW Team Bigazzi | BMW 320i | |
6th |
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BMW Team Bigazzi | BMW 320i | |
9 |
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Peugeot Esso | Peugeot 406 | |
10 |
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Peugeot Esso | Peugeot 406 | |
11 |
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Team Honda Sport | Honda Accord | |
12 |
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Team Honda Sport | Honda Accord | |
14th |
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Cool Fire Team Engstler | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | Race 1-14 |
15th |
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Cool Fire Team Engstler | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | |
16 |
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Cool Fire Team Engstler | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | |
17th |
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Cool Fire Team Engstler | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | |
18th |
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Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 Quattro | |
19th |
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Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 Quattro | |
20th |
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Opel Team Zakspeed | Opel Vectra | Races 1-4, 7-20 |
21st |
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Opel Team Zakspeed | Opel Vectra | |
22nd |
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Nissan Primera Racing | Nissan Primera eGT | |
23 |
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Nissan Primera Racing | Nissan Primera eGT | |
24 |
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Isert BMW team | BMW 320i | Race 19-20 |
25th |
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Isert BMW team | BMW 320i | Races 1-2, 5-10, 13-18 |
26th |
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Isert BMW team | BMW 320i | |
27 |
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Opel Team SMS | Opel Vectra | |
28 |
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Opel Team SMS | Opel Vectra | |
30th |
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Opel Team Holzer | Opel Vectra | Race 1-10 |
31 |
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Opel Team Holzer | Opel Vectra | |
32 |
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Team Honda Sport | Honda Accord | Race 19-20 |
33 |
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PMC Sports | BMW 320i | Race 1-10 |
35 |
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JAS engineering | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | |
36 |
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JAS engineering | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | |
38 |
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Cool Fire Team Engstler | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | Race 19-20 |
39 |
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MHT Sports | BMW 318is | |
40 |
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Isert BMW team | BMW 320i | Race 3-4 |
44 |
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MIG Austria | Audi A4 Quattro | |
45 |
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MIG Austria | Audi A4 Quattro | Races 7-10, 15-20 |
46 |
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MIG Austria | Audi A4 Quattro | Race 13-14 |
47 |
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Cool Fire Team Engstler | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | Race 15-16 |
Race results
run | date | route | winner | vehicle |
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1 | April 27 |
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Peugeot 406 |
2 |
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Peugeot 406 | ||
3 | May 11th |
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BMW 320i |
4th |
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BMW 320i | ||
5 | 25. May |
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Peugeot 406 |
6th |
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Peugeot 406 | ||
7th | 15th June |
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BMW 320i |
8th |
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BMW 320i | ||
9 | June 29th |
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BMW 320i |
10 |
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BMW 320i | ||
11 | July 13th |
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Peugeot 406 |
12 |
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Peugeot 406 | ||
13 | August 10 |
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Peugeot 406 |
14th |
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Audi A4 Quattro | ||
15th | August 24th |
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Peugeot 406 |
16 |
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Peugeot 406 | ||
17th | 7th of September |
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BMW 320i |
18th |
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BMW 320i | ||
19th | 5th October |
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Peugeot 406 |
20th |
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Peugeot 406 |
Final score
colour | meaning |
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gold | winner |
silver | 2nd place |
bronze | 3rd place |
green | Placement in the points |
blue | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | Race not finished ( DNF ) |
not classified (NC) | |
red | not qualified (DNQ) |
black | disqualified (DSQ) |
White | not at the start ( DNS ) |
withdrawn (WD) | |
Race canceled (C) | |
colourless | not participated in the training (DNP) |
injured or sick (INJ) | |
excluded (EX) | |
did not appear (DNA) |